{"id":563,"date":"2022-06-17T13:57:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T13:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfo.vc\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2023-04-05T19:02:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T19:02:48","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sfo.vc\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1656319850535{padding-top: 80px !important;}&#8221; responsive_css=&#8221;padding_top_medium:100px&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;9\/12&#8243;]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_6aef54ba8761d .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em!important;bottom:0px!important;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_6aef54ba8761d\">\n\t<h2 class=\"ld-fh-element lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left text-decoration-default\"   >  Martin &amp; Martin. Two entrepreneurs with a passion for exciting products, smart business models and teams that want to achieve the extraordinary.<\/h2><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1656319453165{padding-top: 40px !important;}&#8221; responsive_css=&#8221;padding_top_medium:80px&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; responsive_css=&#8221;margin_bottom_small:0px&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1656319492839{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<style>.ld_icon_box_6aef54ba88251 .iconbox-icon-container{margin-bottom:20px !important;border-radius:px;}.ld_icon_box_6aef54ba88251 h3{margin-bottom:px;font-size:30px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"iconbox text-left ld_icon_box_6aef54ba88251\" id=\"ld_icon_box_6aef54ba88251\"   >\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"iconbox-icon-wrap\"><span class=\"iconbox-icon-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sfo.vc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Martin-Unger.jpg\" class=\"liquid-image-icon\" \/><\/span><\/div>\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"contents\">\t\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"\">Martin Unger<\/h3>\t<p>Martin has already founded several companies himself, mostly in a tech role. Above all he has accompanied many entrepreneurs at their start &#8211; but he also knows the enterprise perspective.<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<style>.ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8901e .iconbox-icon-container{margin-bottom:20px !important;border-radius:px;}.ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8901e h3{margin-bottom:px;font-size:30px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"iconbox text-left ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8901e\" id=\"ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8901e\"   >\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"iconbox-icon-wrap\"><span class=\"iconbox-icon-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sfo.vc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Martin-Mittermeier.jpg\" class=\"liquid-image-icon\" \/><\/span><\/div>\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"contents\">\t\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"\">Martin Mittermeier<\/h3>\t<p>Martin has worked for Project A and founded Kyto. He has a lot of experience in sales, marketing and product development. He also advises various larger companies in the area of digital investments.<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1656684382139{padding-top: 64px !important;padding-bottom: 64px !important;}&#8221; responsive_css=&#8221;padding_top_medium:124px|padding_bottom_medium:124px&#8221;][vc_column][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;rgb(27, 60, 50)&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;9\/12&#8243;]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_6aef54ba89d86 .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em!important;bottom:0px!important;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_6aef54ba89d86\">\n\t<h2 class=\"ld-fh-element lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left text-decoration-default\"   >  <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Mentors<\/span> help to quickly find their way around in an industry and provide access to strategic partners as well as customers. Examples from our pool of mentors:<\/h2><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1657204896945{padding-top: 40px !important;}&#8221; responsive_css=&#8221;padding_top_medium:80px&#8221; el_class=&#8221;team&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-6&#8243;]<style>.ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8a813 .iconbox-icon-container{margin-bottom:14px !important;border-radius:px;}.ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8a813 h3{margin-bottom:px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"iconbox text-left iconbox-heading-md ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8a813\" id=\"ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8a813\"   >\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"iconbox-icon-wrap\"><span class=\"iconbox-icon-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sfo.vc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/manfred-wahl.jpg\" class=\"liquid-image-icon\" \/><\/span><\/div>\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"\">Manfred Wahl<\/h3>\t\t<a href=\"#wahl\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-bordered border-thin btn-has-label ld_button_6aef54ba8b45a\" data-lity=\"#wahl\" >\n\t<span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"btn-txt\" data-text=\"+\" >+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-6&#8243;]<style>.ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8bd9b .iconbox-icon-container{margin-bottom:14px !important;border-radius:px;}.ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8bd9b h3{margin-bottom:px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"iconbox text-left iconbox-heading-md ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8bd9b\" id=\"ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8bd9b\"   >\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"iconbox-icon-wrap\"><span class=\"iconbox-icon-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sfo.vc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/christian-kaller.jpg\" class=\"liquid-image-icon\" \/><\/span><\/div>\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"\">Christian Kaller<\/h3>\t\t<a href=\"#kaller\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-bordered border-thin btn-has-label ld_button_6aef54ba8cb50\" data-lity=\"#kaller\" >\n\t<span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"btn-txt\" data-text=\"+\" >+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-6&#8243;]<style>.ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8d793 .iconbox-icon-container{margin-bottom:14px !important;border-radius:px;}.ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8d793 h3{margin-bottom:px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"iconbox text-left iconbox-heading-md ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8d793\" id=\"ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8d793\"   >\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"iconbox-icon-wrap\"><span class=\"iconbox-icon-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sfo.vc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/klaus-wagner.jpg\" class=\"liquid-image-icon\" \/><\/span><\/div>\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"\">Klaus Wagner<\/h3>\t\t<a href=\"#wagner\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-bordered border-thin btn-has-label ld_button_6aef54ba8e419\" data-lity=\"#wagner\" >\n\t<span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"btn-txt\" data-text=\"+\" >+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-6&#8243;]<style>.ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8ef81 .iconbox-icon-container{margin-bottom:14px !important;border-radius:px;}.ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8ef81 h3{margin-bottom:px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"iconbox text-left iconbox-heading-md ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8ef81\" id=\"ld_icon_box_6aef54ba8ef81\"   >\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"iconbox-icon-wrap\"><span class=\"iconbox-icon-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sfo.vc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hubert-deutsch.jpg\" class=\"liquid-image-icon\" \/><\/span><\/div>\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"\">Hubert Deutsch<\/h3>\t\t<a href=\"#deutsch\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-bordered border-thin btn-has-label ld_button_6aef54ba8fa3d\" data-lity=\"#deutsch\" >\n\t<span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"btn-txt\" data-text=\"+\" >+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<!-- Modal Body -->\n<div id=\"kaller\" class=\"lqd-modal lity-hide\" data-modal-type=\"default\">\n\n\t<div class=\"lqd-modal-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"lqd-modal-head\">\n\t\t\t<h2><\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.lqd-modal-head -->\n\t\t<div class=\"lqd-modal-content\">\n\n\t\t\t[vc_row_inner content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; el_class=&#8221;popup-row&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=&#8221;348&#8243; img_size=&#8221;&#8221;]<style>.ld_simple_heading_6aef54ba90d76 h4 {padding-bottom:5px !important;  } <\/style><div  class=\"lqd-simple-heading-wrap ld_simple_heading_6aef54ba90d76\">\n<h4 class=\"lqd-simple-heading\">\n\tChristian Kaller<\/h4>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text]Professionally, as the founder of Loopline Systems, Christian helps teams and organizations make their collaboration more productive, appreciative and engaging. 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This in sales and coordinated development cooperation with Microsoft on the software platform Dynamics. 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